Peggy’s Place

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“I still don’t know what the COP27 is!”

Phil: Don’t get me wrong, George, but if you’re coming here to sit around looking at your phone, it might be cheaper to stay at home.

Peggy: Phil, stop it! George is a valued customer. He can text all he likes.

George: Don’t worry, Peggy. I get what Phil’s saying and he’s narked because he wants to talk to me about the football results.

Phil: I am not irritated. I just don’t know what messages could be that exciting...

George: If you must know, a friend of mine in Glasgow is involved with COP26. He’s asking for event management advice.

Peggy: Remind me, what’s COP26 again?

Phil: Peggy! Really! If you’d get your nose out of those Barbara Cartlands for a second, you’d know what’s going on in the world.

Peggy: You leave Barbara out of this. Sometimes, a girl needs romance in her life.

Phil: Subtext: “You aren’t getting it from me.”

George: Please! Peggy, you sound peeved. Phil, you sound ratty. Not good in your line of business.

Peggy: I still don’t know what the COP27 is.

George: It’s COP26, and it’s the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Peggy: I don’t believe those conferences make any difference.

George: That’s not really a very helpful attitude.

Phil: I agree with Peg. What difference will a conference make?

George: Perhaps it would be better to change your own attitude.

Peggy: Seriously, what can we do?

Phil: And we only want the customer to notice good changes.

Peggy: Yeah, people get really crabby if their pub visit turns into some kind of climate change experience.

George: Look, I was reading up on this, and there are quite simple things you could do.

Peggy: Like?

George: Manage your drip tray better.

Peggy: Yeah, Phil, you spill a lot of beer. I’ve noticed that.

Phil: Well, I can’t imagine it’ll change anything.

George: Apparently, the ontrade loses more than £260 million a year because of this.

Peggy: What else, then?

George: Where do you get your cider from?

Phil: Somerset, of course.

George: Then look for a more local supplier.

Peggy: Interesting that you would say that. Last week, we talked to a cider maker from just down the road in Tenterden.

George: How far is that?

Phil: About 60 miles.

George: That’s easily less than half the distance to Somerset.

Peggy: More like a third less.

George: Think about the carbon footprint reduction if you applied that to all your suppliers.

Peggy: You know what? I think I could get into this ecological thing.

Phil: I’m with you.

George: You need a green team to look at how the pub can be more sustainable.

Peggy: You could do that, George!